Enterprise Architecture Senior Manager

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We are looking for a Enterprise Architecture Senior Manager

First things first: Our Brand.

We are a digital brand and a global technology company, operating in the fields of telecommunication, e-commerce, gaming, insurance, TV, tech-fin and payment systems, currently in 21 countries.   
With our expertise and passion for digitalization at Vodafone, we are a global center of excellence that sets the pace in the industry.  
We are proud to export our successful practices abroad, while transferring our global know-how to our country.
We have a global team of more than 90.000 colleagues taking part in a transformative and an exctiting journey.
 
Our Spirit, Our Way.

Here are the key behaviours that help us bring our Spirit and Purpose to life: 

     Earn customer loyalty: Small things do matter. 
     Experiment, learn fast: Just take the chance. 
     Create the future: That s possible. 
     Get it done, together: It s up to each of us to make it happen.
 
Here, everyone can feel free to be themselves and express their ideas.

We are proud to have the most flexible #hybrid way of working in Turkey. 
Together with your team, you can decide which days to come to the office depending on your work requirements. 

Another favorite:  Meeting-free afternoons! Every Friday, arrival of the noon means we can start to take it easy: spend time working on our personal development or catching up with our team. We call this #CumaKafas  (Friday mood :)).

And yes we are Agile! The world is constantly changing. And we cannot afford not to! Our journey began  by simplifying our organizational model and transforming into a more agile structure that now we use extensively, especially in our development processes.

Why is this role really critical to us? 

Leads the IT architecture team in TR. Accountable for defining TR’s target architecture and the roadmap from current state to the target IT architecture, to enable Vodafone’s IT strategy, while removing the legacy aligned to the business needs, the global standards and the target architecture. 

Define and enforce architecture guidelines, standards and controls, ensuring consistency in application architecture and alignment with Global architectural standards.

For the key transformation projects in TR, lead definition of the architecture blueprint and run the architecture governance to ensure adherence to the golden rules and transition to the target IT platform (ITaap), which is one of the key pillars of Vodafone’s overall strategy to transform into a Technology communications company, by ensuring an open Architecture exposing standard APIs to enable new products, use cases and new business models. This includes critical areas like Digital, Analytics/AI, cloud and API’s. 
 

How will you spend your time at Vodafone? 

•    Lead definition of the target IT TR architecture, define the roadmap for IT applications and formulate and execute the associated transformation plan
•    Lead definition, maintenance and optimization the IT application portfolio – emphasis on application rationalization and simplification of the current IT landscape
•    Identify opportunities to improve performance, availability and stability of IT application through architecture improvements
•    Lead definition of information architecture and ownership
•    Assess technical and architectural complexity
•    Define application integration standards
•    Monitor the architectural model at conceptual, logical and physical levels to verify compliance to global standards
•    Validate technical designs against global architecture standards
•    Advise on roadmap plans for underlying IT products and services
•    Serve as Single Point of Contact (SPOC) in various global initiatives and projects in scope
•    Facilitate re-use from other OpCos of technologies and capabilities
•    Manage key relationships with Global IT to share knowledge and best practise
•    Identify and propose new and innovative architectures and products/platforms to Global architecture for consideration as a new Vodafone standard

You are just the person we ve been looking for, if you have: 

•    5+ years experience within Vodafone at senior technical position or significant external engagement in Architecture for IT companies
•    Experience in major telecommunications BSS / OSS systems, including CRM, Billing, Service Fulfilment and Activation
•    Strong interpersonal skills, ability to communicate at various levels with internal and external customers
•    Solid understanding of both Business and IT issues (also at Technical level)
•    Solid understanding of the IT Landscape
•    Excellent Communication/Presentation skills
•    Good perception and analytical ability focused on business solutions
•    Good team leadership skills and ability to work in a matrix organization
•    Digital/BSS/OSS expertise at the architecture level
•    TOGAF or other Architecture certifications desired

Get to know us

If you want to know more about us and what we do, then visit our website: www.vodafone.com.tr

https://www.vodafone.com.tr/insan-kaynaklari

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vodafonekariyer/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/VFTurkiye

This role has a #Hybrid working model

Wait for it: Our benefits!

We like to keep them flexible:

     Vflexy: Flexible Benefits Program 
     Hybrid working kit
     Ergonomic kit allowance 
     Digital meal voucher
     Flexible transportation allowance.
     Employee assistance hotline & counselling
     Comprehensive and flexible private health insurance
     Discounted price deals for wide range of products & services 

Plus, plenty more to enjoy!

#LI-Hybrid 

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